The secret of the machine lies in the aerodynamic shape of the one-piece, carbon-fibre frame.
该机器的秘密在于其一体式碳纤维外壳的流线型设计。
Carbon fibre is an expensive alternative to making things in steel or aluminium, but besides being extremely strong it is also very light.
碳纤维可以被用于代替钢铁或是铝，但其造价十分昂贵；它不仅有极其强的张力，而且质地非常的轻。
Moreover, both Airbus and Boeing have found on their large-aircraft programmes that switching to carbon fibre is a lot harder than they had expected.
另外，空中客车和波音公司都发现他们的大型客机碳纤维转换项目比预期的要困难得多。
Some parts are built using carbon fibre, other bits from glass fibre.
一些零部件用的是碳纤维，还有一些采用了玻璃纤维成形。
The company hopes its 787 airliner will be the first with a pressurised fuselage made from lightweight, fuel-saving carbon-fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) composite materials, rather than aluminium.
公司希望787客机将成为第一个采用为了轻型节能的碳素纤维强化塑料（CFRP）组成的材料取代铝制成的机身。
But in 2008, the firm found that the 787's carbon-fibre "wingbox", the internal fuselage structure the wings attach to, was not strong enough and needed stiffening with metal spars.
但是在2008年，公司发现内部机身结构与机翼结合处的787的碳素纤维“翼盒”，强度不够并且需要金属翼梁的加固。
The engine is a stressed component within the car, bolting to the carbon fibre 'tub' and having the transmission and rear suspension bolted to it in turn.
引擎是赛车上最重要的部件，与碳纤维的“盆”闩锁在一起，并依次连接变速器和齿轮。
For example, 50% of the new Boeing 787 is made out of carbon fibre, making it light and fuel efficient.
比如，50%的新型波音787由碳纤维组成，使其更轻，更省油。
Carbon fibre is 30% lighter than aluminium and 50% lighter than steel.
碳纤维比铝轻便30%，是铁的50%。
Mr Piccard’s Solar Impulse has a wingspan of just over 63 metres, similar to that of a giant Airbus A340 airliner, but its carbon-fibre fuselage has only enough room for one pilot.
Piccard先生的太阳脉冲号有超过63米的翼展，这和空中客车的干线客机A340大小差不多，但它的碳纤维机身只有容纳一位飞行员的空间。
One reason for the emergence of firms such as Aptera is that designing a new vehicle has become as much an exercise in software simulation as in metal (or even carbon-fibre) bashing.
之所以Aptera这样的公司出现，就是因为新车型的设计已经很大程度上变成了计算机仿真技术的运用，而不只是依赖于金属(或者是碳纤维)。
It takes just four hours to make the MonoCell (see right), as McLaren calls the carbon-fibre chassis it USES in the MP4-12C.
造一个MP4 - 12 C车型所用迈凯轮称MonoCell(见右图)的碳纤维底盘只要4个小时。
The chassis construction will be carbon fibre for the front half, including the cockpit, and mostly steel and aluminium for the rear fuselage.
猎犬号底盘的前半部分包括驾驶员座舱将采用碳纤维，另外车的后半部分大多采用钢和铝。
It has a wingspan equivalent to that of a Boeing 757, is three times larger than its predecessor and is the largest aircraft made entirely from composite materials like carbon fibre.
与其前身相比，白骑士二号的翼展扩大了三倍，现在的翼展和波音757飞机相当，在整体以碳纤维之类合成材料制造的飞行器中是最大的。
A new method aims to do so by stitching the carbon-fibre layers together.
一种新方法旨在通过将碳纤维层缝合在一起来防止剥落。
Composites such as fibreglass and carbon fibre bonded in a plastic resin are already widely used to replace metal in making, for instance, cars and aircraft.
复合材料，比如以光纤玻璃和碳纤维合成的塑料树脂，已经在车辆、飞行器等产品制造中广泛代替金属。
The material choice is simple: the shoe is a laminate with Carbon fibre for the core which gives the shoe its spring and strength, leather on the foot side and rubber on the walking wearing side.
这种材料的选择很简单：鞋材以一层碳纤维为主，碳纤维能提供鞋子必须的支撑强度，也很有弹性，接触脚的一面贴着皮革，鞋底的一面贴着橡胶。
The reason for this rigmarol is that carbon-fibre body parts are stronger than steel but weigh half as much.
过程如此罗嗦麻烦是因为碳纤维结构部件比钢结构结实，而且轻一半。
Engineers are examining how to make the fuel tank from lightweight carbon fibre, which may allow it to be reshaped to fit into the nooks and crannies of the car's chassis.
工程师正在研究怎样用轻碳纤维来制作燃料槽，从而使它更有可塑性以适合放在隐蔽处和底盘的缝隙中。
In the case of the EN-Vs, that philosophy translates into bodies that are made from carbon-fibre composites and doors that are composed of polycarbonate plastics.
就EN -V来说，该理念应用到了由碳纤维部件制造的车身还有由聚碳酸酯塑料构成的车门上。
Even with carbon fibre - the strongest and lightest material used at the moment - a tower only about 9km high could be built.
就算是碳纤维——目前应用的最强最轻的材料——也只能支撑到9公里高。
Others are more optimistic, especially in the light of advances in engineering and materials science since the last attempt - notably in lightweight carbon fibre composites and energy-dense batteries.
其他人比他乐观得多，尤其是自从上次尝试以来，我们在工程和材料学方面又有了更多启发——值得一提的是我们发明了轻质碳纤维化合物和高能量密度电池。
Carbon fibre and McLaren go back a long way.
迈凯轮跑车使用碳纤维历史悠久。
The investigators placed platinum-coated carbon-fibre ultramicroelectrodes very close to skin cells in culture.
科学家们将钛涂覆的碳纤维超微电极与人工培养的皮肤细胞放得非常近。
When the glue was hot and runny, the carbon nanotubes sucked it up through the carbon-fibre layers.
聚合胶受热松软，纳米碳管通过碳纤维层将其吸入。
Or sprinting in special shoes made of springy carbon fibre?
或是脚蹬纯天然的，具有弹性的碳纤维制成的跑鞋急速飞驰？
It is expected to rank alongside wonder products from previous generations such as Bakelite in the 1930s, carbon fibre in the 1980s and silicone in the 1990s.
气凝胶被认为能够成为堪与它的前辈——例如20世纪30年代的胶木、80年代的碳纤维、90年代的硅胶——相媲美的神奇物质。
The drone, which measures 3ft between the tips of its four carbon fibre rotor blades, uses unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology originally designed for military reconnaissance.
这种无人机从顶端至四个碳纤维旋翼叶片长3英尺（约0.91米），采用了最初设计用于军事侦察的无人机技术。
The drone, which measures 3ft between the tips of its four carbon fibre rotor blades, uses unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology originally designed for military reconnaissance.
这种无人机从顶端至四个碳纤维旋翼叶片长3英尺（约0.91米），采用了最初设计用于军事侦察的无人机技术。
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